Coffee Studies Showcase the Health Benefits of the Drink

That's right - coffee is good for you, but remember coffee is not caffeine, and caffeine is part of coffee. Oh so confusing, but this really amazing article points out the health benefits of coffee from reducing risk for Type 2 diabetes, cirrhosis, high blood pressure, and other medical issues. One thing to note - the article recommends drinking filtered coffee, and not coffee made in a french press method. Why? Filtered coffee, which most Americans drink, is much better because the paper filters catch a substance called cafestol, which boosts "bad" cholesterol (LDL).

...Twenty studies worldwide show that coffee, both regular and decaf, lowers the risk for Type 2 diabetes, in some studies by as much as 50 percent. Researchers say that is probably because chlorogenic acid, one of the many ingredients in coffee, slows uptake of glucose (sugar) from the intestines. (Excess sugar in the blood is a hallmark of diabetes.) Chlorogenic acid may also stimulate GLP-1, a chemical that boosts insulin, the hormone that escorts sugar from the blood into cells. Yet another ingredient, trigonelline, a precursor to vitamin B-3, may also help slow glucose absorption.

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Caffeinated Foods Sparking a Trend

According to Time, Caffeine is #6 on the list of top 10 food trends for this year - especially caffeinated foods. We love caffeine in our single serve coffee, but we're not sure we need more of it from other sources throughout the day. But if you do really want to eat some caffeine, there are now caffeinated sunflower seeds, potato chips and candies.

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Get Optimally Wired with Caffeine and Single Serve Coffee

It's really no secret the entire staff here at Single Serve Coffee often through periods of bad weather, long nights, and tired mornings look to get optimally wired with caffeine. Sometimes we look to shots of Nespresso, or to the wilds of making a perfect latte with our Lavazza Blue. Other times, we go for the extra bold K Cups praying there's going to be enough caffeine for us to ingest and hopefully make it's way to our veins so we can even stay awake in those late afternoon hours.

We just found an article at Lifehacker stating caffeine may increase the speed with which you work, may decrease attentional lapses, and may even benefit recall-- but is less likely to benefit more complex cognitive functions. Bummer. We always were under the impression that if taken properly, any single serve coffee we produce is going to help and not hurt our ability to recover.

What we learned from the article at Developing Intelligence is that small frequent doses, and not large cups of mixed coffee/caffeine substances. Also, if you count on caffeine to get you through your day, you may want to really space it out and also reduce the amount you consume to feel the benefits. There's also a bunch of recommendations on other caffeine rich items you can consumer along with your single serve coffee.

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July Caffeine and Coffee Links from Single Serve Coffee

We read just about everything you can find on caffeine and coffee here at Single Serve Coffee. We also read what other people write about the things we've written. Here are some juicy links on caffeine and coffee.

• Yerba mate tea has caffeine - why does Yerba get such a coverage in the tea world?
• How much caffeine is in that soda? - not as much as you'd like.
• Caffeine dehydates and speeds up the heart? - umm...yeah?
• Does caffeine give your health a boost? - of course it does.
• More Presso Coverage from our Presso Coverage - we covered the Presso over 2 years ago and recently
• Stop drinking coffee for caffeine and start eating Sunflower Seeds - as long as they are caffeine induced
• More Health Benefits from Caffeine - exactly. Caffeine = health. :-)

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